{"product_id":"staging-ageing-theatre-performance-and-the-narrative-of-decline-9781783200139","title":"Staging Ageing: Theatre, Performance and the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow can plays and performances, past and present, inform our understanding of ageing? Drawing primarily on the Western dramatic canon, on contemporary British theatre, on popular culture and on paratheatrical practices, \u003cem\u003eStaging Ageing\u003c\/em\u003e investigates theatrical engagement with ageing from the Greek chorus to Reminiscence Theatre. It also explores the relationship of the plays, performances, and practices to the material, social and ideological conditions that produced them. A seminal work on the cultural past and present of ageing, the book will find grateful audiences not only among scholars but also among theatre and health care professionals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Mangan has written a key text on the subject that widens the debate and lays the ground for further study'\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e -- Contemporary Theatre Review, Gianna Bouchard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Mind, Body and Ageing in Drama, Theatre and Performance \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart I: Frames and Contexts\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: On Gerontology\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: On Age, Stage and Consciousness\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Tragedy and Comedy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: On Liminality and Late Style: Oedipus at Colonus\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: On Negative Stereotypes in Classical and Medieval Drama\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: On Sex and the Senex: English Restoration Comedy\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: On Dirty Old Men and Trickster Figures\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart III: Memories\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: On Memory and Its Modes\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: On Reminiscence, Interaction and Intervention\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart IV: The Value(s) of Old Age\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 9: On Longevity\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 10: On Institutions \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 11: On Song and Dance\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: The Amazing One-Hundred-and-Sixty-One-Year-Old Woman\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Intellect Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042259403095,"sku":"9781783200139","price":22.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781783200139.jpg?v=1750953662","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/staging-ageing-theatre-performance-and-the-narrative-of-decline-9781783200139","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}